As New York City gears up for two major pro-choice abortion rallies planned for Saturday, students and reproductive rights advocates are already making their voices heard.
NEW YORK CITY -- As New York City gears up for two major pro-choice abortion rallies planned for Saturday, students and other reproductive rights advocates are already making their voices heard.
Students at Brooklyn College planned to rally and walk out in support of abortion rights on Friday at noon. And Planned Parenthood is holding a noon virtual news conference to preview the march across the Brooklyn Bridge it is leading on Saturday. Thousands are expected to participate in that event, which will start at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn, followed by a 2 p.m. Welcome Village rally in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan.
In a separate event on Saturday, Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights will hold protests around the country on Saturday, with its"NYC Flagship Protest" getting underway at 2 p.m. in Union Square.The demonstrations are all in response to the Supreme Court's anticipated decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.and generated a firestorm of reaction on both sides of the abortion debate.
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